“Now that the posers are gone…”

Saw the Pumpkins at the end of the Mellon Collie tour in 1997 in New Orleans. I remember the band wanted to end the tour here because it was during Mardi Gras season and everyone wanted to celebrate after. So it was the last show. At the end, when the lights went out, a lot of people left (not us!). But after what felt like 10 full minutes, SP came back out on stage and Billy said, “Now that the posers are gone, we can really jam” and they all just improvised jazz rock style for another hour.  It was incredible. I feel so fortunate to have been there. Attached here is a photo of just some of my SP collection, including CDs, ZERO shirt, a patch, the ticket stub from that concert, as well as a logo I drew back then in an old sketchbook from school. Thank you SP for being so awesome.  Can’t wait to see you again!